Baycat was co-founded by Herbie Hancock. Its mission is to empower under-served youth and young adults through education, employment, and entertainment in digital media; helping them find their place in the world.
The organization fuses Herbie’s commitment to helping disadvantaged people and his enthusiasm for exploring new technologies. Herbie helped found Bayview Hunters Point Center for Arts & Technology (BAYCAT) where he currently serves on the Board of Directors. Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, BAYCAT’s mission is to inspire and educate underserved youth and adults to become more productive citizens and to improve the quality of life for themselves and their communities by providing education in arts, culture and enterprise in an inspirational learning environment.
BAYCAT envisions an accessible educational and training system that instills every individual with the self-confidence and self-respect needed to define and achieve his or her own life’s dream.